Title :
Design of cylindrically conformed metal reflectarray antennas for millimetre-wave applications
Author :
Minwoo Yi ; Woosang Lee ; Joonho So
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Defense Adv. Technol. Res., Agency for Defense Dev., Daejeon, South Korea
fDate :
September 25 2014
Abstract :
Conformal metal reflectarray antennas on the surface of a cylinder are designed for millimetre-wave applications. All depths of metal grooves in the reflectarrays are specially manipulated for high-gain conformal reflectarray antennas. There is a good agreement between simulated and experimental radiation performance results for two different `sagittas´. The proposed conformal reflectarray antennas can be a helpful choice for applications requiring high-gain antennas on curved platforms.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; millimetre wave antennas; conformal reflect array antennas; cylindrically conformed metal reflect array antennas; experimental radiation performance; metal grooves; millimetre wave applications; simulated radiation performance;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2014.2206